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The A-Team: When Teenage Athletes Replaced Migrant Farmworkers
In the mid-1960s, America faced a growing labor crisis in its agricultural fields. For decades, farms across the country had depended heavily on migr…
2 months, 2 weeks ago
Department of War - Defense - then War Again
For much of American history, the nation's military was not overseen by a single unified department. Instead, it was divided between separate branche…
2 months, 2 weeks ago
Cromwell
In the chaos of civil war, one man rose from relative obscurity to rule England without a crown. Oliver Cromwell, a Puritan soldier and fierce oppone…
2 months, 3 weeks ago
The Real Gangs of New York
Long before Hollywood dramatized it, New York City in the mid-19th century was a battleground of rival gangs, political machines, and neighborhoods f…
2 months, 3 weeks ago
Mahan and the Influence of Sea Power
In the late 19th century, one naval officer reshaped how the world understood power itself—not through speeches or battlefield heroics, but through a…
2 months, 3 weeks ago
History of the Paperbacks
It's small. Portable. Affordable. Easy to slip into a coat pocket or toss into a suitcase. But the paperback book didn't just change how we read—it c…
2 months, 3 weeks ago
Conversations: How a Motley Crew of Characters Stopped the Invasion of America, w/ Sara Vladic
In this gripping Conversation Series episode, historian and investigative author Sara Vladic joins History Shorts to discuss her explosive new book, …
2 months, 3 weeks ago
Why American Troops Mutinied After VE Day
The war was over—but for thousands of American soldiers stationed overseas, the fight felt far from finished.
In late 1945 and early 1946, frustratio…
2 months, 3 weeks ago
The Underground Railroad
The Underground Railroad was a vast, secret network of safe houses, guides, abolitionists, and ordinary citizens who risked fines, imprisonment, and …
2 months, 3 weeks ago
What did the Founders Think About Religion?
Were America's Founding Fathers devout Christians, skeptical deists, or something more complicated? The answer is far less simple—and far more intere…
2 months, 4 weeks ago